Author's note: This had its own section because I worry it might break character limits if I put it in the first chapter, which is kind of long. This story contains the following: incest between known first cousins, underage drinking, mentions of sex, mentions of smoking weed, and other thematic elements. A few operas and songs are referred to, as Hinata goes to a music conservatory as a vocal student. I do not own Naruto or any copyrighted material referred to herein. No copyright infringement is intended. I am crossposting a sanitized version to .
I wanted to write a story using techniques I'd seen another author use. The story is not linear and it consists of mostly narrative passages with few descriptions of things. I've always imagined Hinata and Neji together romantically, and was stunned to find out canonically that was not the case. I wanted to know how I would examine those techniques and them being in a romantic relationship in my own writing.